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ORDINANCE NO. 19,654
3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 3 -15 AND 3 -20 (a) OF THE CODE
4 OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, PERTAINING
5 TO FIRE FALSE ALARMS AT HOSPITALS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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7 WHEREAS, the False Alarm Ordinance of 2005 eliminated previous exemptions
8 for hospitals; and
9 WHEREAS, the exemption should be restored for facilities that provide direct
10 patient care.
11 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
12 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
13 Section 1. Section 3-15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Little Rock,
14 Arkansas is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (f):
15 (f) Hospitals may agree with their alarm installation company to go through a
16 "grace period" for the first sixty (60) days after installation of an alarm system during
17 which time neither the alarm installation company nor the monitoring company will
18 have any obligation to respond to any alarm signal from the alarm site. If the alarm
19 signal is the result of an actual alarm event, the alarm installation company or the
20 monitoring company shall send an alarm dispatch request to an emergency service
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23 Section 2. Subsection 3 -30(a) is hereby amended:
24 (a) An alarm user shall be subject to civil penalties, depending on the number of
25 false alarms within a calendar year based upon the following schedule:
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# of False
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Alarms
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None
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$25.00
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$ 50.00
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Varies depending on the responding agency:
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$200 for police response
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$300 for fire response at a single family- residence
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$500 for response to fire at multi - family,
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commercial, school, or industrial complex
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$450 for an emergency response by the Little Rock
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ambulance authority
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Section 3. Subsection 3
-20 is hereby amended to add:
24 (h) Hospital buildings used to provide direct patient care shall be exempt from
25 the assessment of civil penalties. Hospital buildings undergoing construction or
26 significant reconstruction shall be exempt from the assessment of civil penalties
27 during construction/ reconstruction. The hospital shall provide notice to the False
28 Alarm Coordinator when construction or reconstruction begins and ends.
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30 Section 4. Severabi/ity. In the event any title, section, paragraph,
31 item, sentence, phrase or word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to
32 be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not
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affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full
force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional was not originally a part of the ordinance.
Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of
the same, that are inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, are
hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. All other provisions of
Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances not in conflict herewith shall remain in
full force and effect.
PASSED: December 5, 2006
ATTEST:
Nata i S. Blocker, Assistant City Clerk
For Nancy Wood, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, Ci Attorney
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APPROVED:
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Brad Cazort, Vice Mayor